Improvement in machines for pouncing hats



@eine giants atrnt @ffice JOHN L. LABIAUX, OF'NEWARK. NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, O. COURTOIS, P. W. VAIL, AND WILLIAM C. GRISWOLD, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, AND N. B. DAY

AND JULIUS SHELDON, OF NEW YORK CITY.

'Letters .Patent 1Y0.V 63,26l, dated ilfrlrci 25, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES POR POUNGING IIA'IS.l

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:-

`Be it known that I, JOHN L. LBIAUI \1, of Newark, in thecounty of Essex, and State of. New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Machine for Ponncing Hats and, Hat-Bodies; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being. had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiication.

This invention relates to an improvement on the hat-pouncing machines patented by E. Nougaret on the 10th February, 1866, and 18th September, 1866.

My invention has for its object Vso to construct a. machine that hats and hat-bodies` of various sizes and shapes, may be pounced thereon with the greatest rapidity and ease.

The improvements consist, first, in the manner of hanging and operating the shafts on which the pouncing roller and the block are secured; second, in the manner of securing and operating the swivel disks on which the aforesaidshafts are arranged; and, third, in the manner of securing and holding the sand-paper to the pouncing roller, and in the construction of the said pouncing roller. In the accompanying drawings my invenftion is illustrated- Figure 1 representing a plan or top view of my improved machine, partly in section,

Figure 2 is a. frontelevation of the same, partly in section.

Figure 3 is au end view of the pouncing roller.

Figure 4 is a vertical longitudinal section of the saine, taken on the line :c z, fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

By the platform A, which is made of wood or other suit-able material, are supported two posts or uprights, B and B'. Each of these posts is provided nt the top with acircular flange, Z1 and b', having the same diameter as the swivel disks C and Cf, which turn freely on central pivots, a, shown in dotted lines in iig. 2, and which disks rest on the aforesaid anges 6 b. Each one of the disks C C supports a pair of standards, D D and DD', which form the respective bearings of the horizontal shafts E and E. Pullevs F and F', on these shafts, serve to impart motion to the same. To one end of the shafts E is secured the block G, the pouncing roller H being mountedon the shaft E. The hat is secured to the block G, the rotary motion of which, together with that of the pouneing roller H, which roller is covered with emery, sand-paper, or any other suitable material, serves to completely and rapidly pounce the hat, as soon as the block G and roller II are brought in contact with each other. The disks C C are turned on their pivots, or, in other words, the roller H and block Gr are brought in contact with each other by means of handles I I secured to the disks, us shown in figs. l and 2. When not in operation these disks, und all their appends-ges, are held in any desired position, by means of a pin, 2', which is pressed into n corresponding hole in the flange Zw b by a spiral spring, and as shown in fig. 2. he shafts E E can be` pressed forward so that hats or hat-bodies of greater length may be completely pounced. This is done by incans of levers c e, which are piveted to barsff, on the standards D D, and which levers can be pressed against the free end of the respective shaft, thereby pushing it forward in its bearings. A spiral spring, g, replaces the shaftas soon as the pressure on vthe lever e is relieved. The pulleys maybe secured tothe shaft, or they may, as shown at Ii', be hollow, se that the shaft can slide in them. In that case that portion of the shaft which is in the pulley must either be square, or it must he provided with a pin, l., which tits in a. groove in the pulley. For pouncing hat-bodies a conica-l block must be substituted forV the block G. The pouneing roller H upon which the sandpaper is secured is made of metal, as it was found that wood, which is generally employed for the purpose, does not, after having been used frequently, retain its original shape; but wood is also too apt to become full of projections and inequalities, which makes the imparting of a smooth finish to the hat an impossibility. The metal roller Il is provided with a wedge, Z, figs. 3 and 4, which is pivoted at the rear end of the roller, and extends towards the front, and which wedge is provided with a. ring, m, at the front, set at right :ingles to the body ofthe wedge. The wedge Ziits inte a corresponding groovein the outside ofthe roller Il, and secures Athe two ends of the sand-paper which is laid around the roller. The shaft E passes through the ring m, and thereby keeps the wedge in its place, while the rotary motion'is given to the roller.

` I am aware of the patents granted to Emile Nougaret February 10 and September 18, 1866, and therefore disclaim all therein shown and described; but having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- '1. The combination of the levers c e', respectively, with the shafts E E', spiral springs g'g, block G, or roller H, substantially as and for tliepurposes herein shown and described.

2. I claim the combination of the disks C or C', and handle I or I', with the pin and ange b or b', on the posts B or B', all made and operating substantially as herein shown and described.

3. I claim the combination of the metal pouneing roller H withthe Wedge Z, ring m, and shaft E', arranged to operate substantiallyns and lfor the purposes herein shown and described.

` J; L. LABIAUX.

Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMAnA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

